A 42-year-old member asked:
i have 9mm nodule on my right adrenal gland. i also had a mibg scan done, what to do?
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Dr. Gerald Mandell answered
52 years experience Nuclear Medicine
Ask your doctor: Disposition depends on clinical symptoms and results of tests. Mibg scan shows functioning tumors such as pheochromocytoma .Symptoms of pheo include headache, sweating, palpitations, elevated blood pressure, anxiety.Nodule usually needs characterization by mri. Adrenocortical carcinoma can produce hormones with virilization and feminization.Some asymptomatic nodules followed such as benign adenoma.
Answered on Jun 19, 2014
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